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Insurance Claims Rise after Snow in Washington, D.C., Area.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2003
The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 25--The collapsed roofs and fallen gutters that resulted from the Presidents Day weekend snowstorm caused a spike in area insurance claims, but there wasn't a big jump in automobile claims because most drivers stayed off the road during the storm.
Allstate Corp., the nation's second-largest personal insurance provider, had processed 1,911 claims from homeowners in the District, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia by Thursday. Figures from the comparable period in 2002 were not available.
"It can be anything from damage to a structure of a building to a damaged gutter. [Claims] range the gamut," said spokeswoman Shaundra Turner.
Most home insurance policies do not...
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